Posts by EdnaMarie

That is a good point and I think I was posting at the same time as I was about my husband and therefore I was unnecessarily agitated and I am sorry about that.   It's true, some coping mechanisms can't be used at most...

  Quote: This may sound like a silly question, but why not?  For instance, if my son had to go to a school that was known for gang violence, and I chose to homeschool rather than risk him being shot, why would that...

I think of the "Miss" thing as a kind of dialect.  I know of countries that have a few dialects and kids address elders in different ways.  Nobody expects kids to learn the dialect of every adult they meet.  In...

Yeah, I probably could not prepare nut-free in my kitchen without it being a serious burden.  I'd have to buy something pre-made.  Or pre-wash my fridge.  I mean if it were one of the more serious allergies. ...

My feeling is, there's really no tactful way to say anything, unless they ask.  If they do, "We're doing her big-girl room in natural woods and getting her a lot of wood toys, so if you want to match that, that would be...

I'm going to hazard a guess and say that statistically, there MUST be less bullying amongst home-schoolers.  More involved parents on average, fewer kids in the group, around fewer kids for less time every day.   However,...

I was terrified of it at seven or thereabouts, but it probably depends on the kid.   I am bookmarking that commonsensemedia site!  Amazing!  Looking at it, I just know my DD1 would never make it through.  She...

In my house, if she was honest, since DD1 is NOT always honest these days, I would probably speak to her about it and ask her what she thought would be an appropriate consequence.  I'm  not that possessive of my make-up...

I read this thread just to share in the joy... I knew it was going to be a happy ending!  Congratulations on your boys!

I'm sorry, loraxc, I really was referring to the talk being used in this discussion, not trying to extrapolate from that on to the person's view of their child in general.   I'm well aware that all of us here are fallible...